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| Contributors | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Heart rate variability | |
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| Physiological background of heart rate variability | |
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| Standard measurement of heart rate variability | |
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| Nonlinear dynamics of RR intervals | |
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| Correlations among heart rate variability components and autonomic mechanisms | |
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| Physiological understanding of HRV components | |
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| Autonomic balance | |
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| Heart rate variability: stress and psychiatric conditions | |
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| Circadian rhythm of heart rate and heart rate variability | |
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| Time-frequency analysis of heart rate variability under autonomic provocations | |
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| Effects of drugs | |
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| Heart rate variability in healthy populations: correlates and consequences | |
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| Heart rate variability in ischaemic disease | |
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| Heart rate variability in heart failure | |
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| Heart rate variability in diabetes and neuropathies | |
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| Baroreflex | |
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| Physiological background of baroreflex | |
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| Invasive determination of baroreflex sensitivity | |
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| Noninvasive provocations of baroreflex sensitivity | |
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| Analysis of the interactions between heart rate and blood pressure variabilities | |
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| Arterial baroreflexes in ischaemic heart disease, and their role in sudden cardiac death | |
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| Heart rate turbulence on Holter | |
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| Heart rate turbulence in pacing studies | |
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| Physiological hypotheses on heart rate turbulence | |
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| Heart rate turbulence in ischaemic heart disease | |
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| Ischaemic patterns | |
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| Electrocardiographic background | |
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| Dynamics of silent ischaemia | |
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| Dynamics of ST segment in ischaemic heart disease | |
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| Spatial patterns of ST segment shift during myocardial ischaemia | |
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| ST segment trend monitoring of acute chest pain patients | |
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| Circadian patterns of ischaemic episodes | |
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| Electrocardiographic findings in patients with cardiovascular syndrome X | |
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| Ventricular repolarization | |
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| Cellular basis for the repolarization waves of the ECG | |
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| Individual QT/RR relationships | |
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| Circadian patterns of QTc interval | |
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| QT dispersion | |
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| Morphological assessment of T wave patterns | |
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| Circadian pattern of T wave morphology | |
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| QT interval dynamics during exercise | |
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| T wave and QT interval changes related to myocardial ischaemia | |
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| Influence of rhythm abnormalities on ventricular repolarization | |
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| Dynamics of acquired long QT syndrome | |
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| Electrocardiogram of Brugada syndrome and its dynamic patterns | |
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| Electrocardiographic T wave changes in left ventricular hypertrophy | |
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| Macro T wave alternans | |
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| Microscopic T wave alternans | |
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| T wave alternans in ischaemic heart disease | |
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| Dynamic repolarization changes and arrhythmia risk assessment in nonischaemic heart disease | |
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| Atrial fibrillation | |
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| Pathophysiology of the atrial fibrillation electrogram | |
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| P wave abnormalities before AF episodes | |
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| Dynamics of atrial electrogram in AF | |
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| Detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation episodes | |
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| Circadian pattern of AF paroxysms | |
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| Monitoring after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation | |
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| Heart rate profile in chronic atrial fibrillation | |
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| Monitoring of heart rate control in atrial fibrillation | |
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| Autonomic influence of atrial fibrillation | |
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| Long time monitoring of cardiac rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation | |
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| Ventricular arrhythmias | |
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| Monitoring ectopic activity | |
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| Circadian pattern of arrhythmic episodes | |
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| Holter monitor-guided antiarrhythmic therapy | |
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| Dynamics of heart rate before arrhythmias | |
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| Electrocardiogram of an implanted device | |
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| Electrocardiographic monitoring with implantable devices | |
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| Ischaemic patterns | |
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| State-of-the-art marker channels | |
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| Interpretation of device stored rhythms and electrocardiograms | |
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| Index | |